International Management Ethics and Values

Course aim

To equip students with significant examples of issues and dilemmas in business ethics and values, within their theoretical and historical context, their international dimension, and possible ways of dealing with them.

Course content

The place of ethics in business and management; ethics, culture, and rationality; axiology; types of ethical
problems; ethical decision models; utilitarianism; deontology; virtue ethics; ethical argument; critical thinking and
reflection; capitalism and other economic systems; ethics programs; international case studies; corporate
responsibility/sustainability.

Textbook(s)

Shaw, WH, Barry, V, Issa, T, Catley, B & Muntean, D 2016, Moral issues in business, 3rd Asia Pacific ed, Cengage, South Melbourne, Australia

Prerequisite(s)

Successful completion of 54 units.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Lecture	1.5 hours x 10 weeks
Tutorial	1.5 hours x 10 weeks
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Seminar	30 hours x N/A
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External	3 hours x 10 weeks
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
Workshop	3 hours x 10 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Examination, Online activities

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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